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This is what I find so frustrating. Every company running the same percentage of layoffs and bringing everyone back from WfH at once simply can't be a coinciden
by jimbob45 4y ago
This is what I find so frustrating. Every company running the same percentage of layoffs and bringing everyone back from WfH at once simply can't be a coincidence. How else can workers get their companies to negotiate with them as individual companies rather than cartel members but to unionize?
- crazygringo 4y agoIt's not a coincidence but neither does it need to be collusion. It's just similar companies responding to the environment (market, covid, etc.) in a similar rational way. And a bit of a herd mentality too, which is human nature. But that doesn't require collusion, it's just board members reading headlines.
- DanHulton 4y ago"Rational" is arguable. There are a lot of analyses that would indicate that layoffs hurt your company in the medium-to-long term, even if it props up your short-term prospects. There are plenty of companies still haven't done layoffs (Apple), or have even raised employee salary (Nintendo, Sega) to ensure that employees feel safe and continue to perform at high levels. If anything, it's irrational behaviour. Herd mentality, prioritizing the short-term, fear-based, etc.
- steve-atx-7600 4y agoJust like after all the smart guys in suites read books like The World is Flat and decided most work should be immediately outsourced to India as a fool proof cost saving measure.
- none_to_remain 4y agoComing back from pandemic emergency working arrangements can be explained by the end of that emergency.